The eye
Subtitle: a natural history
By: Simon Ings.
Publisher: Bloomsbury
Published: 2007
Place of publication: London; New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 322
ISBN-13: 9780747578055
Subjects: Vision -- Popular works; Vision -- Philosophy -- Popular works; Vision -- History -- Popular works; Eye -- Popular works; Eye -- Evolution -- Popular works
Genres: Popular works.
Description: "We spend about one-tenth of our waking hours completely blind. Only one per cent of what we see is in focus at any one time. You don't need eyes to see - blind volunteers have been taught to see through their chests. Through a spellbinding mix of scientific research, mathematics, philosophy, history, myth, anecdote and language theory, Simon Ings brilliantly unravels the never-ending puzzle of how and why we see in the way that we do. With the help of a beguiling mix of illustrated visual conundrums and enigmas, Ings triumphs with a compelling dissection of the eye's age-old mysteries that is both seriously interesting and interestingly fun."--Product description.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [291]-310)  and index.